Disability ethics and preferential justice : a Catholic perspective / Mary Jo Iozzio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iozzio, Mary Jo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disabilities--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Disabilities.

Social justice--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, [2023]

Summary:

A primer on disability ethics from a Catholic perspective offers practical strategies for inclusion Persons with disability make up at least 15 percent of the global population, yet disability is widely unacknowledged and unexplored in theology.

Contents:

Cover page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preamble

Introduction

1 Disability Basics

2 Contributions from the United Nations and the World Health Organization

3 Natural Law and the Common Good

4 Imago Dei, Theological Anthropology, and Catholic Social Teaching

5 A Preferential Justice for Those Who Are Poor or Otherwise Marginalized

Conclusion: Inclusion in Place of Neglect

Notes

Index

About the Author

About the Narrative Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Iozzio, Mary Jo Disability Ethics and Preferential Justice

ISBN:

9781647123109

OCLC:

1346622715